Malcijah Benjamin Highsmith was born around 1827 in Texas to Samuel and Teresa Highsmith. His father was a veteran of the Texas Revolution. He lived in Travis County, Texas, and he served under his father in the Mexican American war. By 1850, he was working as a farmer. He married a woman named Frances on January 16, 1851, and they apparently had no children. In October 1861, he received a commission as a captain in Company D of the 12^th Texas Cavalry. He moved to Bastrop County, Texas, and by 1860, he owned $1,500 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property.

 

In October 1861, he received a commission as a captain in Company D of the 12^th Texas Cavalry. The regiment served in the Trans-Mississippi theater during the Civil War. He settled in Walker County, Texas, after the war and worked in a sawmill. He died on May 4, 1893.

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